About Jenna
Jenna Acker is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Wisconsin. She focuses on anxiety, stress, addiction, family concerns, eating issues, and coping with life changes. Jenna offers straightforward, practical help for people who feel overwhelmed by daily problems.
Her sessions center on each person’s strengths. She listens without judgment and helps clients find steps that fit their life. Conversations often include simple strategies for handling obsessive thoughts, anxiety, or mood changes.
Background and approach
Jenna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide the work. That means she draws on approaches shown to help with anxiety, trauma recovery, and compulsive behaviors. She explains tools in clear terms and practices skills together with each client.
She has a progressive, inclusive outlook and pays attention to how discrimination and women’s experiences affect mental health. That perspective shapes how she talks about body image, guilt, shame, and related concerns. With three years of clinical experience, Jenna aims to support realistic change.
Sessions are collaborative and focus on small, achievable steps. The goal is better coping, greater resilience, and clearer self-understanding.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Jenna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address anxiety and related concerns. One approach focuses on skills for managing anxious thoughts and physical symptoms, teaching grounding and breathing techniques alongside practical behavior changes that reduce avoidance. Another approach targets compulsive behaviors and obsessive thinking by helping people test beliefs and gradually face feared situations with guided steps.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Jenna will work with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Together they decide which strategies to use and how to pace progress so it fits daily life.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different routines. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t desired. Live chat and text messaging let people check in, do brief exercises, or maintain momentum between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other responsibilities while still focusing on meaningful change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Intellectual disability
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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